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Poll xbox 360 or ps3

xbox 360 or ps3 which do you own?

  • xbox

    Votes: 33 37.1%

  • ps3

    Votes: 37 41.6%

  • both

    Votes: 19 21.3%
  • Total voters
    89
I have both, but far prefer the PS3. It isn't anywhere near as noisy, the game lineup actually seems better to me (I own a handful of 360 games, and struggle to find anything I'm interested in, whereas I have over 30 PS3 titles on the shelf plus a bunch of PSN downloads).

I also think the PS3 is far better designed. I replaced the 60GB HDD with a 320GB model in about ten minutes - yet to upgrade the 20GB 360 drive is going to cost me nearly £100 (ie: the cost of a 2TB drive) to get 120GB. Stupid Microsoft ripoffs. The WiFi is built in (yep, spent £55 on the adapter for the 360) and the XMB is far far superior to the horrible mess of the Dashboard.
 
peskaa said:
I have both, but far prefer the PS3. It isn't anywhere near as noisy, the game lineup actually seems better to me (I own a handful of 360 games, and struggle to find anything I'm interested in, whereas I have over 30 PS3 titles on the shelf plus a bunch of PSN downloads).

I also think the PS3 is far better designed. I replaced the 60GB HDD with a 320GB model in about ten minutes - yet to upgrade the 20GB 360 drive is going to cost me nearly £100 (ie: the cost of a 2TB drive) to get 120GB. Stupid Microsoft ripoffs. The WiFi is built in (yep, spent £55 on the adapter for the 360) and the XMB is far far superior to the horrible mess of the Dashboard.
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+1 for the PS3 :):)
 
ever seen the "im a wii" ad on youtube? there's a reason the xbox wasn't in the ad. wii is to ps3 as xbox 360 is to wii

The xbox's character would have been too explicit.
 
sam10685 said:
To me, Halo just sucked.
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Bah Dum Tish! :D
 
The PS3 is like a Mac, the premium for reliable and well designed hardware is well worth paying. The Xbox is like a PC. Cheap, unreliable and the total cost of ownership is higher than the PS3.
 
MacMonster1985 said:
The PS3 is like a Mac, the premium for reliable and well designed hardware is well worth paying. The Xbox is like a PC. Cheap, unreliable and the total cost of ownership is higher than the PS3.
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And much like a Mac - most multi-format games tend to be gimped on the PS3 too.

;)
 
Ps3 hands down, i've owned 2 360's and they both died, am glad i didnt buy em brand new but pfft learning curve, i've had a ps3 for nearly 5 months now, and it's still working fine,

just waiting to get a HD tele to see if blu ray really is worth all the hype they say it is haha
 
Bennieboy© said:
just waiting to get a HD tele to see if blu ray really is worth all the hype they say it is haha
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Not really. I does looks better on a HD set, but it's only a marginal difference over a DVD when it comes down to it, especially when you're sitting at a normal distance from the TV. The one advantage of BR, is that it looks good up close, at least on the good BR discs(so not the older mpeg2 releases, or low-budget flics), where as a DVD on a HD set will look eh to poorly up close.

The TV really makes a difference also, because the better ones can handle upscaling nicely, where as the older HDs look poorly for most anything that's not HD.

Blu-ray didn't impress me like the first time I saw a DVD vs a VHS. For me that was a much bigger jump, at least when it comes to perception. I buy them though, mainly because they'll usually come with a digital copy -- which is DVD resolution, and some other goodies. So I'll spend the extra $5 to $10 over a DVD for a good movie. Plus the navigation menus are generally better.
 
JackAxe said:
The TV really makes a difference also, because the better ones can handle upscaling nicely, where as the older HDs look poorly for most anything that's not HD.
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Absolutely. DVD's on our Bravia and Sony DVR thingy look sublime. I don't know what it does to it but sat back on the sofa there is no difference between HD and Pal SD.
I've found HD content has more use on bedroom TV's since you're (in this house at least) closer to the screen. That's when its noticable.
And downloaded HD= bleh. Or at least iTunes HD downloads, they's not so great :eek:.
 
The newer TVs are a noticeable jump in quality, especially in the past 2 years it's all been for the better. I'm a Samsung monkey now, but I've owned mostly Sony's in the past. I was really bummed when my Sony WEGA HD CRT died earlier this year, but I'm happy with the new set, but it's still no CRT... But it's much better than last years models for the price. :eek:

I've only rented SD content from iTunes and it was only because we had just moved. :)
 
got a 360 last night bought the arcade unit with b-day money next i need to save for a hard drive its fun even though i dont have any games yet im enjoying the netflix and ill posibly buy one of the mini arcade games till i can get the hard drive wich im hoping to get next week. thankfully i have a ps3 also to hold me over
 
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